Time-recorder.



W. BBRESFORD.

TIME RECORDER.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 19, 190s.

Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

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W. BERESFORD.

TIME RECORDER.

APPLICATION PILPD MAY 19, 190s.

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W. BERESFORD.' TIMR RRCORDRR. API LIOATION FILED MAY 19, 1908.

APatented Aug. 17, 1969.

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vos ov -vu f rfi t lill/Lt i irait@ TEVIE -RE CORDER Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

Application filed May 19, 1903. Serial No. 433,727.

To alt whom it may concern:

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subject of the King of Great Britain and lreland, residing at lince street, Liverpool, in the county et' Lancaster, England., have invented new and useful lmprovements in rlimeegisters, of which the following is a woecitication.

lhis invention relates to improvements in time recorders of the class in which a recording strip mounted on rollers is exposed for marking through an opening in the case the strip being advanced and printed by actuating a rocking shaft and the type wheels being rotated by a clock movement.

The object of this invention is to provide i simple, cheap, compact and eiiioient apparatus.

ln the drawing attached hereunto, Figure 1 represents plan ofthe top or cover of the casing; 2 a plan with the casing removed; Fig. 3 a cross section through the casing showing the mechanism in end elevation from the left hand end; Fig. -l is a detail view. 5 is an end elevation of the mechanism, looking from the left. Fig. G is a detail view. 7 is a front elevation of the mechanism, and Fig. 8 is a detail view.

The api. aratus illustrated in the drawing is shown with a common clock movement of the wheel escapement type, set in the vertical position, which position is also applicable for a pendulum movement. 1When using the former type of movement, the latter may be set in a horizontal position that is to say with the arbor of the minute hand in a verti cal axis in which case the apparatus is slightly sin'ipliiied.

My improved apparatus comprises chiefly dial plate 1, hereinafter termed minute plate which is provided with a ring of type .numerals on the lower side and corresponding numerals printed upon the front side arranged in the form of a rin g from O to 59; this plate roeing driven by the minute arbor of a clock movement 2 at the same speed; a similar dial 3, hereinafter termed hour plate independently mounted in practically7 the saine plane, and divided into twelve or twenty four divisions and moved one division for every revolution of the minute plate; a roll of paper carried by rollers 4t and 5 a short distance apart and passing under the adjacent type numeralsv of both plates or dials, the paper, being advanced by a. handle t5; an inking pad carrier 7, adapted to wipe the typo each time the handle (i is actuated; a shutter S normally coif'ering the paper where it is exposed for marking and acturted also by the said handle, and a striking device 9 actuated also by the handle 6 for pressing the paper into contact with the type from beneath.

n the drawing, the arbor 10 of the clock movement represented by the frame 2, has a bevel wheel 11 iixed at one end thereof and this gears into another bevel wheel 12 of the same number of teeth fixed upon the vertical spindle 13 of the minute plate 1, the spindle being pivoted at its ends into a footstep bearing 111 at the base and into an arm 15 supported by the pillar 15. The pillar is secured in a lug 17 formed on one of the standards 18 and 19. rlhe type characters 2() of the minute plate 1 indicated in TEig. S are formed on the edge margin. rEhe printed characters 21 upon the top of the plate are comprised within a smaller circle.

rit 22 is lixed to the plate 1 a nger by which the hour plate is moved a unit at the end of cach revolution of the minute plate. The hour plate 3 is pivoted freely to an arm 23 carried by the standard 19, and as shown it slightly overlaps the minute plate. Underneath the hour plate is xed a detent whee 2l having twelve prefera ly inclined or ratchet teeth as shown, a pawl 25 pivoted to the arm 23 at 2G, engaging' with the teeth being' pressed into contact by the spring 2T, thus providing an escapement and preventing the plate from being moved backward. rlhe finger 22 (see Fig. 2) engages with one of these teeth at the end lach revolution of the minute hand and turns the hour plate one twelfth of a revolution. rllhe face of the type 28 of the hour plate 3 is in the same plane as that of the minute plate.

The roll of paper 29 is wound ofi' the roller d on to the roller It is passed over the bars 30 and 31 and under the plates 1 and 3, before being connected to the roller Beneath the paper is a slight flat support Fi s. 2 and 7, to serve as a rigid base for wrning upon. The roller sis detachably mounted in the open bearings 3?) and the roller is loosely mounted upon the shaft 3d which passes through holes in the standards 18 and 19. This shaft is provided with a lever handle 6 which is normally held in the position shown in Fig. 3 by means of the spring 36 which is secured to the base 37 at one end and to an arm 38 fixed to the said shaft. The roller 5 is turned so as to wind on the paper by means of the ratchet wheel 39 fixed on the end of the roller and a pawl 40 Fig. 5, carried by an arm 41 fixed to the such as 9, which is shown pivoted on the bar 30, the head 35, Figs. 2, 5 and 6, of which may be faced with indiarubber, leather or the like. rlhe end of this arm projects downward and is provided with a stud or a stop, such as 43. Normally the head rests a short distance from the paper upon a spring such as 44 of steel wire wound around the bar 31 and fixed to the standard by one end. This spring` is prevented from flying upward to its full extent by a stop 45. 'io the lower end of the arm is pivoted a weighted finger such as 4G having a nose which bears against the stud 43. As the shaft 34 is turned by the handle 6, a finger 47 Fig. 5 fixed to the shaft bears against the end 48 of the finger 46 and depresses the striker 9 against the spring 44 until it rides out of contact with the finger 47 when the striker is suddenly released and by the reaction of the spring causes an impression to be made on the paper by the adjacent type of both hour and minute plates. The finger 46 moves out of the way as the finger 47 returns and assumes its normal position by gravity. The inking pad carrier 7 consists preferably of a thin fiat spring arm, the ink pad 49 which may alternatively be in the form of a roller being secured at one end thereof. The arm is fixed upon a vertical spindle 54 pivoted in the bearings 50 Fig. 3, and is actuated by means of a short radial arm 51 fixed to the spindle and an edge cam 52 fixed to the shaft 34 Fig. 3. lt is held in its normal position, seen in Fig. 2 by means of the tension spring The shutter 8 which normally covers that part of the paper to be written upon when the apparatus is being used, is freely mounted upon the spindle 54 and held in its normal position by the stop 55, bearing against the arm 7, Fig. 2. Another stop 56 is fixed in the shutter some distance away and allows the arm 7 a certain free movement while preventing it from getting displaced.

In order to prevent the shutter 8 from being moved without actuating the handle 4, a hooked pawl such as 57 Figs. 2, 3, and 6, is

hinged to the standard 18 at 58 and engages tne front edge 59 of the shutter with the hooked part 60. lhe end of the pawl is formed with a swelling such as 61 adapted to come in contact with the front edge of the arm 7 which lifts it out of contact with the shutter, when the handle 6 is actuated, a spring 63 shown on F 2 of the drawing, fixed at one end of the spindle 54 and at the other end to the shutter, causes the shutter to follow up the arm and clear the writing space.

A plate G4 pressing by spring pressure against the roll of paper on the roller is used to obtain a drag upon the paper as it is drawn off the roller and maintain it stretched over the support 32.

A casing suoli as G5 is preferably detachably secured to the base 37 by any suitable catch arrangement, not shown on the drawing. The catches are arranged inside the casing so that they cannot be unfastened from the outside. The casing is provided with a cover such as 68 and this is preferably hinged at one side and provided with a lock and key at the other, not shown on the drawing. ln the cover there is provided a slot 67 for the handle 6 to move in and this is provided preferably with a cover such as 58 Fig. l, adapted to move out of the way against spring pressure as the handle G is actuated. The cover 68 shown in the drawing has a. slot 69 formed in each end, through which passes a headed stud 70. A spring such as 71 fixed to the cover 66 at 72 is adapted to keep it normally in position covering the hole. The end 73 of the cover 68 is beveled off somewhat as shown so that the movement of the handle 6 displaces it as it is forced back. ln the cover over the shutter 8 is formed an oblong hole 74 sufficiently large for the operator to write a signature through. This hole is preferably formed in an inclined depression such as 75 Figs. 1 and 3, so that this part of the cover G6 can lie as close to the paper as possible. Two holes such as 76 and 77 covered with transparent iaterial such as glass are formed over the two dial plates 1 and 3 for the purpose of reading o the numbers in line which indicate the time by the clock.

ln using the apparatus, the handle is pushed right back from its normal position of rest shown in the drawings, with the left hand which action first causes the inking pad carrier to move over he face of the paper and wipe over the type upon the underside of the dial plates, by means of the cam 52 coming in contact with the arm 51. As the latter arm moves it carries with it the arm 7 and the latter comes in contact with the swelling 62 of the pawl 57 and lifts it clear of the shutter 8 which now follows up the arm during its full stroke by means of the the paper with the other hand.

spring 53 Yforcing it. vWhile the arin is being pushed back, it raises the paivl eti-2 and depresses the arin Je? until it strikes the Llf3 of the finger ot depressies This action eti'ected gainst causes the striker to tly no ivi` 1 *l by vinnen the paper is p type characters in line ot and thereby prints the tin e tor instance 23 50. linniediat 3 is alloived to return, the paivl lli/Thile tne pushed right back and the paper is exposed to vieiv, he operator should While holding the handle 5 back With one hand irrite on ritter lettino' Go the handle 6. the 'arts assunie their e e l norinal positions respectively, as shoivi on the (ilraivings.

ii nai,l i clarin as iny ini entren and eesne to secure by Letters Patent 1s:-

l. ln a tinie recorder actuated by a rocking shatt and in ivnch a. recording paper b nd is exposed for marking throueh an ape rture in the case and is printed with the tinie record by a haninier striking the band against type Wheels, the coinbination olt a shutter loosely pivoted on a. vertical shaft and aeapted to nornially cover the aperture in the case, an arin tixed to the vertical shaft and carrying an inking pad at its end, nieans actuated by the rocking shaft adapted to turn the vertical s iait and arni and a spring adapted to return thein to their starting position, a spring adapted to turn the shatter so as to open the aperture, a catch adapted to retain the shutter in its closing position and to be released by the turning of die said arni by ineans ot the rocking shatt, and a projection in the shutter adapted to be encountered by the arni and its return nieveinentand turn the shu'ter so tha the catch can engage and hold th3 saine.

2. ln a tiine recoroe" t'ie combination ot' a clock nioveinent, a larO'c type Wheel with type on its underside representing ininntes and tiXed on a vertical arbor driven by the clock movement, a sinall silnilar type .vheel in the saine plane with types representing hours on its underside and rotated by the large type ivheel one unit t'or each revolution, a rocking shaft and a handle on it tor operating the saine, a vertical shattand an elastic arni Xed-to it having an inking pad at its end, nieans actuated by the rocking shat't and adapted to turn the shaft and a in so that the inking pad Wipes over the types on both type ivieels, the arin passing beend the s'riker 9 1which it and suddenly releases in passing. I

ie nannner lever g to liberate it as soon as the l the arni has passed over the t y i the nier is 4erted iip by the serine and the )a )er band against the type by its nionientuin, and

springs for returning the vertical shalt and arn and the roc ting shalt to their starting positions.

.in tinie recording apparatus actuated by a rocking shaft and in which a recording strip is exposed tor signature through an opening in the casing and is prnted by a n er striking the strip against type vheels; the combination ot a clock nieveinent; a dial plate connected ivitli the arbor 'f the ininute hand and niovine' at the saine l I n :D peeo. and ha fing type printing characters `esenting minut-es in numerals around the on ie stront tace; an independently inounted dial siinilarly provided ivith printing and clock tace characters epresenting hours and turned av unit at every revolution of and by the ininute dial, said hour dial having a ratchet Wheel a id paivl non return device; tivo horizontally n'iouuted rollers, one for carryino the roll ot paper and having a triction device to cause a drag thereon, and the other for vinding on the paper advanced and having a ratchet wheel on one end, said rollers being arranged so that one edge inargin of the paper passes under the adjacent type ot both dial plates; a table support iinder the paper between the roller a shutter to nornially cover e pening ni the casing and hinoed on a Vertical axis and having a s1 tending to nieve it troni its nornial position; an arni pivoted on a vertical axis and carrying an hiking pad at its end adapted to ivipe over the adjacint tj-,ipe ivhen actua ed against a spring and to restrain the til siiu'ier troni n'ioving in ad Tance ot it a catch norinally locking the shutter over the` opening ano actuated by an idle portion of the siveep oi the said arn hinged striking arin under the paper and said adiacent type, having at its end a weighted hinged linger supported by stop to resist a dovnivard bloiv only and to give ivay to an upivard blo'iv, said striking arin being norinally supported by a spring against ivhich it is depressed so as to rebound; shaft carrying a radial arin` adapted to strike the linger ci the striking arni, and another arni to ivhica is pivoted a paivl tor engaging the ratchet wheel ot the ivinding on roller so as to draiv the roll oft the iirst nained roller, the shaft being turned to actuele the striker and the In l'estimony whereof I have signed my rollei` against a strong sp1-ing; und e lever name to this speeieation in the presence of handle xed to said shaft for actuating the two Subscribing' Witnesses.

moving parte of Jdie apparatus except the Y.VAJER BERESFORD. 5 Clock and dialS, said handle projecting through a. Slot in JEhe easing substantially as described and illustrated.

Tvihitnesses RiDLnY G. URQUHART, J @11N L. DOWNIE. 

